Rudolf Mildner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Mildner

Chief of the Gestapo at Katowice

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1902

Place of Birth: Janov, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: jurist, police officer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Rudolf Mildner (July 7, 1902 – 1953?) was an Austrian-German SS-Standartenführer who served as the chief of the Gestapo at Katowice and who was the head of the political department at Auschwitz concentration camp, conducting "third degree" methods of interrogation from March 1941 until September 1943.
As such, he frequently sent prisoners to Auschwitz for incarceration or execution.
He visited Auschwitz on several occasions.
In December 1944, he was appointed chief of the SiPo, Gestapo and SD in Vienna.
After the war, Mildner testified at the Nuremberg Trials and remained in custody until 1949.